Poll! Express yourself

[amari_z]

It’s Friday afternoon, I probably have to work most of the weekend, and I am trying to work, but it’s so boring. Random curiosity prompts me to ask the following in a . . . (wait for it) Poll! (You knew that was coming.)

Although I never use emoticons in the many, many emails I write at work, even in the informal messages to people who are friends as well as fellow slaves workers, I can barely make a post or reply in LJ without using emoticons—although my regular repertoire is extremely limited. It basically consists of:

: ) and : ( and :p and ; ) and :D and *_* and :o and, occasionally ^^;.

I kind of find them essential shorthand in the absence of people being able to hear my actual tone. (Especially since I occasionally think I'm funny with the whole sarcasm/irony/dry wit thing and it can get me into trouble.) But I sometimes wonder if they just encourage me to be more lazy about expressing myself.

So that (and the whole extreme procrastination thing) brings me to:

[Poll #910014]

[ETA: Curse you typos! And you too, LJ, for not letting me edit!]

Comments

[darklyscarlett.livejournal.com]

You know, you are tempting me to do a poll myself. Or a meme. Bored, bored, bored, bored, booooored!

Fridays really suck past 3pm when I don't have an event. No one calls, no emails, no messages, and most of my counterparts in publishing and marketing have all left for the weekend. I'm killing time putting out new releases since I'm meeting Ingrid for drinks at 7 (she's taking me out for a belated gc celebration).

Mom is at my sister's for the weekend, so I'll be watching Rome, footie, doing laundry and going for a (snowy?) walk through the park.

Oh, I guess I have picture mail from Ash. Okay, will have to go upstairs to get reception. Have you seen her hair yet?

[sasha-b.livejournal.com]

I use this :p all the time. *laughs*

I also use this one O.o which indicates surprise.

And don't you have a job??? :p

[ivy03.livejournal.com]

My answer to the first one would be "I use them rarely when I feel they're necessary but really don't think about it much."